The UK’s tortured attempt to remake the internet

Re:The UK’s tortured attempt to remake the internet by jcranmer on Thursday May 04, 2023 @06:32PM (#35823013)

> if you look its core document (Magna Carta, which is written in Latin)

I'm not sure it's fair to characterize Magna Carta as the core of the UK Constitution, especially since most of it has not been in force for centuries. It looks to me that the main thing it imparts to the constitution is the existence of something which eventually becomes Parliament. Instead, the core of the constitution is probably the English Bill of Rights.

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Re:The UK’s tortured attempt to remake the internet by trackflak on Thursday May 04, 2023 @06:55PM (#35823191)

I had a scan through it recently. A lot of its clauses apply to 'free men', not just barons and aristocrats. It places a lot of limits on arbitrary punishments and other actions by the state, as well as limiting debt collectors.

E.g. Manga Carta Article 39: "No freeman shall be taken or imprisoned or disseised or exiled or in any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him nor will we send upon him except upon the lawful judgement of his peers or the law of the land."

By medieval standards, not bad.

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